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ǽsce

question, inquirysearch for stolen cattle

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Ðæt man ne forlǽte náne ǽscan, 232, 18: 234, 25. Fó sé syþþan tó ðe ðæt land áge and hæbbe him ðá ǽscan, 352, 17

æsce

(n.)
Grammar
æsce, g. æscean; f.

Ashes

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Ashes Forðon ic anlíc ætt æscean hláfe quia cinerem sicut panem manducabam, Ps. Th. 101, 7: 147, 5

ǽsce

(n.)
Grammar
ǽsce, an; f.

Searchinquisitionexaminationinquirytrial of or asking after any matter or thinginterrogatioinvestigatiodisquisitio

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Search, inquisition, examination, inquiry, trial of or asking after any matter or thing; interrogatio, investigatio, disquisitio Hæfdon ealle ða æscean all should have the search, L. Ath. 5; Th. i. 230, 18

ǽsce

Similar entry: ge-ǽsce

ge-ǽsce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ǽsce, [an; f. ?]

Inquiry

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Inquiry Wé witon swíþe lytel þæs þe ǽr ús wæs búton be gemynde and be geáscunge (geǽscum, v. l.), Bt. 42 ; F. 256, 26

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æsce-geswáp

Linked entries: ge-swǽpa ge-swáp

ASCE

(n.)
Grammar
ASCE, æsce [g. æscean], acse, ahse, axe, axse, æxe, an; f.

ASHashescinis

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ASH, ashes; cinis On ðære ascan in the ashes, Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 27; Ph. 231: 60a; Th. 217, 24; Ph. 285. Gebreadad weorþeþ eft of ascan it becomes formed again from [its] ashes, 61a; Th. 224, 9; Ph. 373. Ascan and ýslan ashes and embers, 64a; Th. 236

ÆSC

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;

an ash-treefraxinus excelsiorthe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨan ash-speara spearlancehasta fraxineahastaa small shipa skiffa light vessel to sail or row innavisnavigiumdromo

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Æsc dromo, Wrt. Voc. 63, 34: 56, 24

Linked entries: æscen asca barþ

æscen

(n.)
Grammar
æscen, f., m. or n.

A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle

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Æscen lagena, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 8. Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene (treówene æscne, v. l.) (lignea situla ), Gr. D. 11, 21. Of ðám æscene ðe is óðre namon hrygilebúc gecleopad . . . and of ðám óðran æscene, Cht. Th. 439, 25, 29.

æsc

ash-treea ship

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D. vi. 252-3 for the large number of place-names in which æsc occurs) Æsces sceal mǽst there must be most of ash, Lch. ii. 86, 8. a ship Aesc cercilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 56. Æsc cercylus, 14, 16.

æscen

(n.)

A vessel made of ash-woodsuch as a bottlebucketpaillagena

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A vessel made of ash-wood, such as a bottle, bucket, pail, etc; lagena Æscen ðe is óðre namon hrygilebuc gecleopad an ascen, its other name is called Rigelbuc, q. back-bucket, Heming, p. 393

Linked entry: BÚC

Æsces dún

(n.)
Grammar
Æsces dún, e; f. [æsc ash-tree, dún a hill]

ASHDOWN

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ASHDOWN, the hill of the ash-tree, on the Ridgeway in Berkshire, where Alfred and his elder brother, king Ethelred, first routed the Danes; 'dicitur Latine mons fraxini,' Asser Hér gefeaht Æðeréd cyning and Ælfréd, his bróðor, wið ealne ðone here, on Æsces

Linked entry: Esces dún

æspe

Grammar
æspe, aspen.
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Aespe arbutus, Txts. 41, 202. Aespe aespae, espe tremulus, 103, 2048. Æspe, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 36. Tó ðǽre gemearcodan æfsan, C. D. v. 195, 11. Add

Linked entry: æfse

æcse

(n.)

an axe

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an axe, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 26

æscen

(adj.)
Grammar
æscen, adj.

Ashenashmade of ashfraxineus

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Ashen, ash, made of ash; fraxineus

æspe

Grammar
æspe, abies,

Similar entry: æbs

æscen

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ærce

archbishop's pallium

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archbishop's pallium. Similar entries v. arce in Dict

Linked entry: erce-

æscen

(adj.)
Grammar
æscen, adj.
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Genim grénne æscenne stæf, Lch. ii. 42, 10. Add:—